Does anyone have ptsd/anxiety from a prior traumatic pregnancy experience?
Were you able to be treated for it with medication during pregnancies after your traumatic one? I had a very traumatic pregnancy in 2018 starting around 16 weeks with so many things going wrong and rude negative MFM doctors not listening to me, constantly telling me I should have a abortion but I told them I would not. ended up with my water breaking at 19 weeks and a preemie at 26 weeks with a 5 month Nicu stay and she’s healthy. I’m currently 29 weeks pregnant with my last baby and everytime I have to go to the MFM my blood pressure goes through the roof because I start to panic, my heart races and memories from my traumatic pregnancy with the MFM start flooding in my mind. My blood pressure is always normal at home and normal at my OB because I’m comfortable there. But at the MFM I’m not comfortable at all. I’ve tried telling the MFM I get severe anxiety coming there to them and panic because of the traumatic experience I had with them before and they just brush it off and say “it’s hard to tell if someone really has anxiety or not” I left so upset yesterday I feel like they do not listen, I know my body and I know when I’m having anxiety/ptsd. Im still upset about yesterday that they make me feel like I’m an idiot or that I don’t know my body. This isn’t my first rodeo. This is my third pregnancy and I had to deal with this same issue with them before. As soon as I got home I took my blood pressure and it was back down to normal just as I told them. They wanted me to go to the hospital to get evaluated because my blood pressure was high there but I refused and told them I’m not going through that and it happens every time I go to their appointments. I was so upset I told them I’d be more comfortable and it would mentally help me to only be seen by my primary OB the rest of my pregnancy instead of going to them. Everything was smooth with my second pregnancy and everything is going good this pregnancy with no issues at all. Does anyone else deal with is? Is anyone on any anxiety meds while pregnant?
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